Toy building



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UNITED STATES- HERBERT CHASE, 0] FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK.

'roY BUILDING.

A Application filed March 6, 1925. Serial No. 13,431.

My invention relates to toys for the amusement ofvchildren.

The object of my invention is to provide a house or building made ofportions which may be assembled and disassembled by a person unskilledin mechanics, and that may be made of thin sheet metal or similarsuitable material by punch and die processes.

A further object is to provide a construction consisting of parts thatare interchangeable, andof completed units that may be assembled toprovide a building of larger size by joining the selected unitstogether.

The specific features of novelty will be hereinafter set forth and setforth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings which forma part of this application,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a toy building illustrating myinvention.

Fig. 2 IS an end elevational view of the -construction shown in Figure1, mounted on lower structure to provide a two story house.

.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the walls, gables, roof, floor, sidesand end walls used in building the construction illustrated in Figures1, 2, 4 and 5.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on an enlarged scaleto illustrate themeans used for holding the parts together and the manner of assembling.

Fig. 5 is an illustrational view, shown partly in section, to show twosimilar units joined together end to end to provide a longer building.

Fig. 6 is a view of the glass portion of the window.

Fig. 7 blinds.

Fig. 8 is a view of the parts shown in Figures 6 and 7 in assembledrelation.

Fig. 9' is a longitudinal section view is a view of the window casingand through the construction shown in Figure 8,

taken on line 9-9 thereof.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a flower box, when used as such asshown in Figure 1, or as a balcony when made higher and wider as shownin Figure 2.

As before stated, the several parts are preferably made of sheet metalwhich is blanked out and pressed into form to provide the gables andframe portions.

A, indicates the base sheet which serves as a floor and which is.provided with flanges A at each side which extend at right angles tothe plane surface of the floor and each of which is provided with holesA located at pro-determined points so as to register with the respectiveholes, B formed in the lower ends of the side sheets B and end sheets C,hereinafter referred to as walls. D and D indicate the-bolts and nutsused for holding the adjacent parts together. The end walls C are eachprovided with flanges C extending vertically the full height of the walland of double thickness of the wall, formed integral by bending the endportions back on itself as illustrated at C in Figure 3, to form smoothedges C and also to stiffen and strengthen the wall O and serve tobetter brace the walls B. The walls B and C are also stiffened by thewindow and door casings, which are reinforced by turning the edgeportions B" etc. back onto the inner side of the wall as shown in Figure3, and which construction also provides smooth edged casementsB as willbe readily understood; The gables E are formed with inwardly extendingflanges E having holes E formed therein to register with the holes Fformed in the roof portions F. The gable portions are duplicates of eachother and are also the roof portions. Each roof portion forms one halfof the roof of a single room,

and is provided with a projecting flange F which extends from the middleof a portion to the inner edge of a flange E, the roof portions beingbolted together as illustrated at D in Figure 4. The roof portions areeach provided with a flange F at each end and with a turned up loweredge F to form a gutter, the sharp ends of which are protected by thelower end of the flange F as shown at in Figure 3. The chimneys G areprovided with flanges G at the two lower sides, one of which has a holeG therethrough. and held bythe same bolt and nut unit which is used tohold the roof portion to the flange E. WVhen it, isdesired to unite tworooms end to end as illustrated in Figure 5, the roof portions of each.room are shifted longitudinally relative to the side walls until the endflanges F abut the face of the respective gable, as illustrated inFigure 5, and to permit this movement the flanges E of each gable isprovided with two holes E E respectively spaced apart the distancenecessary to permit the flange to abut the gable, or if desired, themetal between the holes could be removed to vide a slot of the properlength, which would proserve the same purpose. The distance be.

tween the end of the flange F at F, and the flange F must be greatenough to permit this shift, exclusive of the Width of the flange Ewhich occupies a portion of this space.

By leaving out the end walls C shown in Figure 5, the two rooms may beformed into a single room, as will be readily understood.

In Figure 2 I have illustrated a two story construction made from thesame kind of side and end walls, bolted togetlt er in superimposedrelation, and a third story could be added in the same manner ifdesired.

' The window casing and blind construction illustrated in Figures 7 and9 comprises an exposed display portion H having inwardly turned flangesH' H etc. on all four sides, and four holes indicated by H respectivelywhich register with the four holes formed adjacent each window casing inthe side and end walls, and is held on the walls by four nut and boltunits H respectively between which the glass window I is supported, theupper and lower flanges H serving to support the window at the top andbottom ends thereof.. The window I is of glass or other suitablematerial and the frame outline for the panes is painted thereon asindicated by I. The moon shaped crescents H are formed by punching outthe metal or may be painted on the surface of the casing to indicate awindow blind. v

The flower box, J and balcony K constructions are alike except in theirproportions and are made from a single piece of metal bent to form thesame after being blanked, and are attached to the wall by the sameboltswhich serve to hold the bottom end of the casing H. A light bulb may beplaced in a room of the house and the light shine through the window,which may be colored if desired, to give a pleasing appearance to thebuilding. It is obvious from the foregoing description that manymodifications as to form and dimensions may be made without departingfrom the invention disclosed.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new:

1. In a toy building a flooring a wall formed of sheet material havingan opening therein, the edges adjacent said opening being bent back uponthe wall to provide smooth exposed portions, and to stitfen the walladjacent thereto, said wall being detachably connected to the flooringat the top and bottom, and a window casing attached to said wall indetachable relation thereto, and a window pane supported in said casing.

2. A toy building comprising a flooring side and end walls, the sidewalls being duplicates of each other. and the end walls being duplicatesof each other, each wall having holes spaced apart at pre-determineddistances adjacent the topand bottom ed es and arranged to register withthe ho es formed in the other walls and in the flooring used in thebuilding to provide a structure having one or more stories, the side andend walls of which are interchangeable.

3. A toy building comprising a flanged flooring, side and end wa ls, theside walls being duplicates of each other, and the end walls beingduplicates of each other, each wall having holes spaced apart atpredetermined distances adjacent the top and bottom ed es and arrangedto register with the hoIes formed in the other walls and the flanges ofsaid flooring used in the build.- ing to provide a structure having oneor more stories, the side and end walls of which are interchangeable,and gables having-holes located adjacent their lower edge spaced toregister with the holes formed in the top of the end walls.

In testimony whereof, I, Hnlunanr CHASE have signed my name to thisspecification, this fourth day of March, 1925.

HERBERT CHASE.

